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Navid Roshan-Afshar

May 20, 2014 
 

Arts Council Honors Work of Three Fairfax Artists

Fairfax County, VA – the Arts Council of Fairfax County announces the 2014 Strauss Artist Grants recipients.  Now in its seventh year, the grants program recognizes the work and contributions to the quality of life in Fairfax County of professional artists. The three recipients are musician and composer Gina Biver and sculptors Foon Sham and […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 18, 2014 
 

Sunday Smart Markets Opens In Tysons On Westpark

There’s been a lot of talk about some new events happening all over Tysons this summer as the area tries to reinvent itself as more than a 9 to 5 corporate town. One of the more consistent changes many residents in North Central Tysons will notice will be the new Farmer’s Market on the NADA […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 15, 2014 
 

Great Taste of Tysons Bringing A New Identity to Town

When you ask a lot of out of towners about food choices in Tysons their immediate thoughts typically go to a mall food court and the Cheesecake Factory. That has been the established stereotype of Tysons for a long time, but that image has undergone major changes over the past several years. With new restaurants […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 14, 2014 
 

Scotts Run North Back For Rezoning

Scotts Run North Site As Seen From Tysons Tower
When Scotts Run Station South was approved last year it was missing something… something that would make its near tongue twisting name make sense; oh yes, a Scotts Run Station North. Instead of pursuing an additional 1 million+ square feet of new development Cityline pulled the plans and moved forward with a design to provide […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Scotts Run North Site As Seen From Tysons Tower
May 12, 2014 
 

Walkscore Shows Two Tysons Forming

When Walkscore began a few years ago, it had a simple mission, give people more information about something that had previously been immeasurable, walkability. The database used metrics of both physical walk access like walksheds, pedestrian access, and block layout to see how easy it is to literally move from one point to another, but […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 09, 2014 
 

Around the Corner

In Around the Corner; When metro’s Silver Line was delayed again, it caused a lot of ripple through Tysons for businesses and community leaders who expected an operating system at least by early summer. The effects are hitting residents now as access to the many planned events celebrating a reborn Tysons is being detrimentally reduced; […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 07, 2014 
 

Comparing Prices of New Apartments In Tysons: Revisited

In March we reviewed the new high rise apartments coming to Tysons with regard to their overall regional comps to both compare to other submarkets as well as to each other. The question we posed was “can thousands of new rental (and foreseeably some future to own) properties help taper the growth in costs, if […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 06, 2014 
 

Tysons First Road Grid Gets A Name

In March we announced the preliminary completion of Tysons’s first block of new road grid, enveloping the Ascent high rise off of Springhill Road. The completion of the road signaled nothing functionally and everything potentially and at its core it exemplifies why planning between projects is necessary. Without this needed planning each property would continue […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 05, 2014 
 

Inspiration Monday: Guerrilla Retrofits

Proposed Concept Implementation in Tysons Score NextCity.org brings to light what many urban residents already realize. Planners need to be worrying about creating the most out of what a city has, instead of chasing after the next big thing. Some of this comes in the form of transportation efficient designs, some in re-purposed buildings similar […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 02, 2014 
 

Bioretention Facilities Under Silver Line Trestles on Route 7

With most of the work complete along the length of the new Silver Line Phase 1 metro line, the lesser elements of the project like landscape, hardscape, lighting, and maintenance access are becoming more visible. One scope item I wasn’t aware of was the implementation of new stormwater facilities within the median of Route 7 […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar